joe biden i think has done a very good job. with his age and experience in politics and foreign affairs, i think he has the ability to run the nation as well as his other constituents in his party much better than mr. ryan would be something tragic were to happen to romney if he were elected president, which i hope he is not. those are my comment on the vice-presidential debate. i think there are very important for the nation because people have to know how well the second in command of this country will perform under pressure. >> thanks for your call. both campaigns this year are very active on social media. the romney campaign sent out this picture just before we began. it is of the gop candidate call- in his vice presidential nominee to wish him good luck in the debate tonight. next up is a telephone call from barbara in north carolina, an independent. go ahead, please. >> i think the vice president is very important. like the caller just said, we need to know how will the country be run if anything was to happen to the pres